Watch it flow until the stands are properly adjusted. I need more practice on my iPhone touch pad
On Monday, December 22, 2014, dwight veinot <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do almost the same as Bill because I think his rational is correct > I simply pour water on the cockpit sole and the bridge deck and watch it fk > > On Monday, December 22, 2014, Bill Coleman via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cnc-list@cnc-list.com');>> wrote: > >> >> This has been oneof my pet peeves forever. For some reason, it has been >> passed down through the ages at our club that you tilt the boat back to >> drain. I have explained to the guys several times that boats drain properly >> only when they are level and they miss the holes when they tilted . I >> hold a level on the water line and we block it till it is level both ways. >> I imagine when they leave they talk about me like I'm some kind of crazy >> guy. Like Foghorn Leghorn sez, you can't argue with logic. >> >> Bill Coleman >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Petar Horvatic via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> Date: 12/22/2014 12:12 PM (GMT-05:00) >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Stus-List Boat stands and draining deck water while on the >> stands. >> >> Hi all, I have a question on boat stands and aft tilting of the boat >> while on the hard. >> >> I find water drainage on most C&C designs to be horrible. I’ve tackled >> the issues many times but this one keeps coming back to haunt me. >> >> When the boat is in water, a while back I made drain holes at what >> appeared to be the lowest point on deck. So when boat is properly loaded >> and equipped, the deck drains pretty good. >> >> Well all that changes once the boat is out of the water as the yard props >> it so that everything is tilting aft. So now water collects about few feet >> further aft. Year after year this tilting changes based on how they setup >> the stands at the time of haulout. No matter what you do (I’ve drilled >> pilot holes in aluminum toerail), I always have submerged pulpit >> stanchions bases. For me these carry a significant load(solar panels, >> support the wind generator and 15HP outboard on pulpit mount) Well in the >> winter, ice works the base screws on stanchions and before you know it you >> get leaks and wet core. >> >> >> >> I would love to prop the aft stands and lower the forward ones so that >> the boats sits more level and the water collects where my drain holes are. >> Has anyone done this or will doing this disturb how the keel sits on the >> wooden blocks? >> >> My thought was to just prop the aft ones but then I realized that they >> all need to be adjusted slightly. >> >> >> >> >> >> Petar Horvatic >> >> Sundowner >> >> 76 C&C 38MkII >> >> Newport, RI >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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